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This is the degree of protesting I'd like to see in the US about anything.
by micromacrofoot 4y ago
This is the degree of protesting I'd like to see in the US about anything.
- mindslight 4y agoThere has been quite a lot of vigorous protesting in the US over the past several years. That energy has just been sadly captured by authoritarian charlatans promising simplistic answers to complex problems. Eventually the protestors will tire, apathy will set in, and the corprocracy will continue rolling forward. This is how the US system works.
- micromacrofoot 4y agoIt's notably different though. There was no general strike until conditions were met. As you say, it just fades away and nothing changes.
- mindslight 4y agoSpreading an infectious disease to overwhelm hospitals, attempting to disrupt the presidential election, and other deeply spiteful behavior seems akin to a strike, given the lack of labor organization in the US.
- micromacrofoot 4y agoI suppose there's that... I guess if that's what progress looks like in the US right now then we may be doomed without a serious course correction.
- swader999 4y agoI don't think its been proven that the Democrats did this. There were a lot of court cases that were dismissed without any discovery though so maybe its not entirely settled.
- jessaustin 4y agoWe keep having these horrible mass shootings, and somehow there have been zero billionaire victims...